Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17909, Abijah Flagg, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Flagg, Abijah Thankful
W. 17909
CONTENTS

1781 Connecticut
Ahijah Flagg Westford in the State of Conn who was a Pri in the Conn commanded Captain of the Reg commanded Col. Cook in the Conn for State Troops P. 25
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn the rate of 32 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of July 1833 and sent Nathan Johnson Hartford Conn
arrears to the 4th of March 31st 65.56 semi-ant. allowance ending Sep. 4, 1833 1639 $81.95
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 3 Page 13

Connecticut 4414
Rep d to Agt. see letter
Thankful Flagg, deceased widow of Abijah Flagg who was a Private Conn. in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. & to end 18 th March 1843, when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of January 1843 and sent to Hon. J. H. Seymour.
Name of Representative Payable to John Flagg & Solomon S. Flagg children of said deceased.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 67.

State of Connecticut } Hartford County } } for Hartford
On this 20 th day of May in the year 1843 personally appeared before John Russell Esq. a Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford Solomon S. Flagg who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain five years pension due his deceased Mother Thankful Flagg. That he is the lawful Son of Abijah Flagg late of the aforesaid town deceased by his second wife the said Thankful, and that he has one other Brother by the Name of John who with himself are the only lawful children by his Father's second wife the said Thankful now deceased. That his Father the said Abijah Flagg died in the aforesaid town on the 21 st day of Nov r 1842 at which time he was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 at the rate of 32 Dol s 66 Cents. That his Mother the said Thankful died in the aforesaid town on the 18 th of March 1843 without making her claim for a pension. That his Father and Mother the said Abijah and Thankful was married in the town of H. Mansfield in the aforesaid County State on the 20 th of Nov r 1791 which will appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed. That he now claims in behalf of himself and his Brother the said John as the only lawful children of the said Abijah and Thankful five years pension at the rate his said Father was pensioned in accordance with the actions and decisions of your Dep t in similar cases.
Solomon S. Flagg
Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year first above written. — And I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and is the son of Abijah Flagg, late of the aforesaid town, now deceased, who was reputed to be a Pensioner, and from the records in my Office it appears that he was lawfully

appointed Executor of the last Will and Testament of his Father, the said Abijah.
Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me that the declarant Solomon S. Flagg, and John Flagg are the only lawful children of Abijah Flagg, by his second wife, Thankful Flagg, both now deceased.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of this Probate Court, at the Probate Office in Hartford, the day and year first above written.
John Russell.
Judge of the Probate Court for the district of Hartford.

9129 July 7, 1838.
5027 March 3 rd / 43
Thankful. Flagg dec d
son:
at July 38-

I George J. Wood of The Town of Hartford in The County of Hartford State of Connecticut of lawful age do in Oath testify and say that I am a clergyman over The Congregational Society of The Society of West Hartford in The Town, County, and State aforesaid, and that I have in my possession a record of The deaths in said Society and I find on said record that Abijah Hagg died November 21 st 1842. I also find on said record that The widow of The s d Abijah Hagg died March 18 th 1843. I further testify and say that I was personally acquainted with The said Abijah and his wife before their decease, and officiated at their funeral on the days of their burial and to said Abijah was reported to have been a soldier in The war of The Revolution, and a pensioner up to the day of his death. I further testify and say that said Abijah left two children by his second wife Thankful Hagg, by the names of Solomon S. and John Hagg who are now residing in the aforesaid Society. Further this Deposition liayeth Not. George J. Wood
State of Connecticut } Hartford County } ss Hartford May 22 nd 1843
Personally appeared before me the Rev d George J. Wood with whom I am intimately acquainted and subscribed to the above, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same, I further certify that he is a clergyman over the Congregational Society in West Hartford as he has stated, is a very respectable & credible person
John D. Root Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Hartford
On this 1 st day of Septem r 1882 personally ap- peared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford; now sitting said Court being a Court of record having a Clerk and Seal according to law. Abijah Hugg a resident of the town and county of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged Seven Seven years and upwards being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1882.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
1. On the 1 st of January A.D. 1876 I enlisted in the town of Farmington County of Hartford and State of Connecticut in a company commanded by Captain Selah Hirst of said town of Farmington for three months then Norford was Lieutenant and John Allen Ensign; we were attached to the regiment com- manded by Col. Bratus Boleott of the town of East Windsor county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, Col. Chester of Wethersfield County and State aforesaid and Col. Gay of said Farmington were at different times Majors in said regiment. Immediately after I enlisted we marched to Roxbury in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and remained there until the 1 st day of April 1876 and were then discharged, during which time we were engaged

in labouring on the redoubts at Dorchester Heights I knew Genl Washington Putnam & Hilly, at that place The British evacuated Boston whilst we were there, in the
2. month of March. About the 5 th of August 1776 I was called out in the militia in a company command- ed by Capt Matthew Cole. The Lieutenants named cannot recollect. Stephen Norton was our Ensign. We first marched to New Haven Connecticut, then went on board a ship and sailed for New York, and we were discharged at Valentines Hill near Kings Bridge about the 1 st of October 1776. The American Army Whilst we were at New York the General evacuated
3. Long Island and also left New York. About the last of November 1776 I enlisted for four months in a company commanded by Captain Asa Gray of the town of Southington County of Hartford and State of Connecticut Nathaniel Churchill was Lieu- tenant and one Roberts was Ensign, we were attached to the regiment commanded by Col Shaddacus Cook we immediately marched to Rye Horseneck & East- chester New York in which neighborhood we served at town of four months and were discharged at Rye about the last of March 1777. Once in this period I was in a skirmish with a party of bow Boys at Valentines Hill. General Wooster was our Briga- dier General. Genl Washington & Putnam were also there, and he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to his second term of service.
In answer to the interrogatories proposed by the court the applicant made the following answers.

That he was born in the town of Farmington county of Hartford and State of Connecticut on the 3 d day of May 1755 but has no record of his age; That he was living in said town of Farmington when called into the service; That in the year 1778 he removed into the town of Hartford parish of West Hartford county of Hartford and State of Connecticut has ever since and now resides in said town of Hartford and parish of West Hartford. That he entered the service at said Farmington twice by enlistment and once by draft as above stated; and that he never received any discharge from the service having in every instance served out his stipulated term and that he refers to Morgan Goodwin and Allen Whelen as persons to whom he is known and who can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution; he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed } The day and year aforesaid
Abijah Flagg

2 We Morgan Goodwin residing in the town of Hartford and Allen Whiting residing in the same town do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abijah Hagg who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be upwards of Seventy seven years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed?
The above given as follows: Morgan Goodwin Allen Whiting Nathan Johnson Just. Peace
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the court War Department that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Morgan Goodwin who has signed the preceding certificate is a citizen resident in the town of Hartford and that Allen Whiting who has also signed the same is a resident in said town of Hartford and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit
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I William Whitman clerk of the court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings in said court in the matter of the application of Abijah Hagg for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 1 st day of September 1882
Wm Whitman, Clk of Court of Probate for District of Hartford
Abijah Hagg Hartford Ct as to age & serv

for a statement of the military history of Abijah Flagg a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and  heirs' (or his widow's) applications for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Wid. F. 17909.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan 1, 1776 to April, 1776 Pri. Selah Hart Erastus Wolcott Conn.   Aug. 5, 1776 to Oct 1, 1776 " Matthew Cole — "   * Nov. 1776 4 mos " Asa Bray Thaddens Cook "    The above noted is the only Abijah Flagg of Conn. &c. &c.
Battles engaged in, * in skirmish at Valentine's Hill. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn. Date of application for pension, Sept. 1, 1832. His ch. was al. Residence at date of application, Hartford Conn. Age at date of application, { B. at Farmington, Conn., May 3, 1755- { Died at Hartford, Conn. Nov. 21, 1842.
Remarks: Soldier mar. at Northfield, Hartford Co. Conn., Nov. 20, 1791, Thankful Wardhouse, his second wife (name of first wife not stated.) She died at Hartford, Conn., March 18, 1813. Pension was allowed, on an application executed May 20, 1843, to Solomon S. and John, the only surviving children of soldier by his second wife.
Very respectfully,

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Aug. 21, 1908, History to Mrs. Mary Fuller Martin, Bristol, Conn. F.R.
File No. 17909 Thankful Flagg widow of Abijah Flagg Priv. Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843 2
Index:—Vol. 64 , Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ref d to Agent, see letter
Connecticut 8022
Thankful Flagg, deceased, widow of Abijah Flagg
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 21 st November 1842 of Hartford Co. in the State of Conn. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col. Cook in the Conn t . State line for Troops, Q m . 25 th ?
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 32 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. Payable to John Flagg, and Solomon S. Flagg, children of s d . du te ?
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of January 1844 and sent to Hon. J. H. Seymour, House of Representatives
Total Amount, $ 163 : 90
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 81

Abijah Flagg. Son: 3278 p an m. last p o ?
Gene
17. July 43.
Paid to 4 th Sept. 1842: —
M. S. B.
18 th July 43.

State of Connecticut } County of Hartford } for
I, I and Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Hartford, do hereby certify, That Nathan Johnson Esq. before whom the forgoing affidavits of Morgan Good- win, Allen Whiting, & Nathan Perkins were respectively taken, was on the 20 th day of June last, & ever since has been, & now is, a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & qualified according to Law, & the respective signatures, purporting to be said Na- than Johnsons, are his genuine signatures.
And I further certify, That Luther Beckley Esq. before whom the forgoing affidavit of Daniel Gulpin was taken, was on the 20 th day of Au- gust A.D. 1832, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hartford, duly commissioned, & qualified according to Law, & that the signature, purporting to be of Luther Beckleys, is his genuine signature.
And I further certify, That Norman Winchell Esq. before whom the forgoing affidavit of Saul Burnell was taken, was on the 20 th day of August A.D. 1832, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hartford, duly commissioned, & qualified according to Law, & that the signature, purporting to be of Norman Winchell, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County Court, & subscribed my name this nineteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred thirty three David Griswold Clerk
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State of Connecticut } S Berlin August 20 th 1832 Hartford County } I Joel Bunnell of Berlin aforesaid being now nearly Seventy five years of age. Do hereby certify that I was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, that in the year 1776 I enlisted in the Company of Capt Asa Bray I remember well that Abijah Flagg then of Farmington enlisted into & served in the same Company with me under the Capt aforesaid Nathaniel Hinckell Lieut. Proberts En d . the Regt Comanded by Col. Studeus Cook. we marched in the month of November we marched for East Chester where and in the ajoining Towns we served a tour of four months were dismissed the 22 nd of March. I have this day seen the same Abijah Flagg who I understand now resides in West Hartford. I have been acquainted with said Flagg for sixty years as none have always considered him a man of truth & veracity & I am satisfied that he served at other times in the Revolution I was with him at Bunkerhill therefore further saith not.
Joel Bunnell
I sworn to subscribed the day & year aforesaid and I Certify that I am well acquainted with the said Joel Bunnell & consider him to be a man of strict veracity and think that his testimony is entitled to credit
Certified by Norman Pinchell Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Hartford
On this 19 th day of April 1833, in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford, being a Court of Record and having by law a Clerk and Seal This Court doth certify that it appears to them that Nathan Perkins D.D. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Hartford and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I William Whitman Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original (additional) proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Meijah Flagg for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of April A D 1833
W m Whitman, Clk of Court of Probate for district of Hartford

I Nathan Perkins a clergyman residing in the Town of Hartford in Hartford County hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Abijah Hagg who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed and accompa- nying declaration and I believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion -
Nathan Perkins. D.D.
Sworn to and Subscribed this 18. day of April 1833. before me Nathan Johnson Just. of Peace

I leave Comm. of Pension,
Benjamin Bolton Esq., West Hartford, Connecticut.

Mr. W. T. Hartford Conn. 3
Sept. 25 th 1843. 1843
Sep. 25 th 1843.
$32:78
Add evidence per ann
Thankful Haggis who died 18. March 1843 acts 38 & 43
I have 2 death certificates Payable to John and Solomon L. Flagg.
Pension under act 43
18. March 1843
Verhilt's hinge Tri City D.C.
Hock. T. H. Seymour H. R.
See also Eng. 2 Pensions
See

Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Hartford April 22. 1853
Rev. J. L. Edmonds
I herewith return the papers of Abijah Flagg with the certificates you request and the affidavit of the Rev. Dr. Perkins his parochial clergyman who was unable to testify from understanding when the papers were first made
Yours resp d
William H. Sherman

State of Connecticut Hartford County —
ss. Berlin Aug. 20 th 1832
I Daniel Galfin of Berlin aforesaid of being now nearly seventy-six years of age, Do. hereby certify that I was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, that I served between six & seven years, — That in the year 1776. I remember well that, Abijah Flagg then of Farmington, enlisted into, & served in the same company with me, under the command of Capt. Selah Hart. Lieut. Amos Hosford & Ens. John Allen. — in Col. Erastus Wolcott's Regt. were marched in the month of January to Roxbury near Boston; we were on Dorchester-hill engaged in erecting fortifications, — we were dismissed about the first of April; were out on this tour about three months. I have this day seen the same Abijah Flagg, who I understand now resides in West Hartford. I have been acquainted with said Flagg for sixty years or more & have always considered him a man of truth & veracity, & I am satisfied that he served at other times in the Revolution. but I was not with him, therefore, further saith not. —
Daniel Galfin
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. — And I do certify that, I am well acquainted with the said Daniel Galfin & consider him to be a man of strict veracity, and think that his testimony is entitled to credit. —
Certified by Luther Buckley Just. of the Peace

A Record of Marriage
One Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety One November twentieth. Abijah Flagg of Hartford and Thankful Woodhouse of Wethersfield
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy and exact copy from the records of the church in Wethersfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut in the hand writing of the Rev d John Marsh then the officiating Clergyman in said Society, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz November 20 th 1791 —
Robt Southgate.
I Robert Southgate an Officiating and Ordained clergyman over the church and Society in the aforesaid Town of Wethersfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut do on oath testify and say that I have in my possession the church records of the aforesaid town & Society kept by the Rev d John Marsh and that the above is true extract from the records with the exception of the above named as certified by me.
Robert Southgate.
State of Connecticut } ss Hartford County }
Wethersfield May 20 th 1843
Personally appeared before me the Rev d Robert Southgate & subscribed to the above & made solemn oath to the truth of the same. & I certify that he is a Clergyman as he has stated & a credible witness. Ashbel Robertson Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut ss.
Office of Secretary of State
I hereby certify that Elisha Olmsted Esq. is & since the 20 th of June last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Fairfield in 1 st State — and that Abiel Robertson Esq. is, & since the 20 th of June last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within & for said County — both having been duly appointed & commissioned as appears of record in this Office. I further certify that their respective signatures hereto annexed, are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the 1 st State this 23 d day of May 1843.
Noah J. Phelps, Secretary of State

Probate Office, District of Hartford, (Conn.)
Hartford, July 27, 1843.
I, John Russell, Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Hartford, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, that Thankful Flagg, widow of Abijah Flagg, late of Hartford, in said district, deceased, died in said Town of Hartford, on the eighteenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three, and left two sons, who now survive her, viz: John and Solomon S. Flagg, who are the only lawful children by her late husband, the said Abijah.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Probate Court, at said Hartford, the day and year first above written.
John Russell.
Judge.

Court of Probate,
District of Hartford Connecticut,
I certify that the within and foregoing, is the proceedings of the Court of Probate in the district of Hartford, (Conn.) in the matter of a claim of the heirs of Thankful Flagg, for arrears of Pension, and the signature thereto annexed by John Russell, as Judge, is his signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of this Court, at Hartford, This 20 th day of September, A.D 1843.
Lucius B. Allyn Ck, of Court of Probate

West Hartford Conn t July 27 th 1843
I send you herewith the additional proof asked for in your Letter to me of the 18 th Inst. in the case of the claim of the heirs of Thankful Hugg, and hope it will be satisfactory, and that you will forward to me a certificate without further delay.
I am very respectfully Yr. Ob t Serv t Ben m Cotton
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington DC

1873
Hon. J. M. Porter
Sec. of War
Washington D.C.

West Hartford Connecticut
June 7 th 1844
Sir
I beg leave respectfully to call your attention to the action of the Pension Dept. in the case of the claim of the heirs of Thankful Hazz under the Act of 1838, & from the high opinion I have entertained of the impartial & disinterested course the Comm te of Pensions has heretofore acted upon, I cannot believe he is chargeable with any neglect of duty on his part. But there are those that act under him that may be the cause of neglect of duty —
I saw it on the claim made out as I then supposed agreeable to the rules & regulations of that Dept. on the 23 rd of May last, & after remaining there a number of months, I rec d a letter from the Comm te of Pensions asking for a certificate of the Court of Probate showing the day of the death of Thankful Hazz and the names & number of children she left, which was promptly complied with on my part. I would here remark that the certificate was sent on with simply the attestation of the Judge with the Seal of the Court thereon, which had previously been accepted in similar cases without any objection.
After the lapse of a month or two, the certificate was ret d to me, with a request that the clerk of the Court should attest to the doings of the court under his Seal of Office, as it was not perfected without
No objections could have been made to that request if a certificate had not been accepted previously in similar cases without any objections.

After the lapse of more than seven months under the circumstances I have stated, the claim still remains then without a final action & when I am to expect one remains yet to be determined
The Comm te of Pensions has sent to me a number of circulars in which he professes to act upon cases in the order they were rec d . & if he acted up to his profession in all cases, I could not at this time have any reasonable grounds to complain
The widow of the late Henry Daggett of New Haven in this State, sent on her claim to the Pension Dept t> for an increase on her husband's pension a number of months after the claim of the heirs of Thankful Hagg, & after remaining then a short time, it was disposed of, & she was paid at the Pension agency in this town, rising of 4000 dol rs two or three months since —
This is one instance of the departure from the rule professed in the circular referred to, which is capable of the most substantial proof, & how many more instances have occurred I will not pretend to say —
I would respectfully & confidently ask whether the widow of Henry Daggett is more entitled to prompt attention from the Pension Dept t , than the humble & obscure heirs of Thankful Hagg
Hon d J. M. Porter } Sec y of War } Washington }
I am very respectfully y r Ob t Serv t Bery ll Colton

West Hartford Connecticut
Sept. 21 1843
Sir
I return you herewith the certificate of the Judge of the Court of Probate in the case of Shunkful Hagg referred to in your Letter to me of the 16 th Inst. with the certificate of the Clerk attached thereto, and would beg leave to remark, that it appears to me, that your Dep t . seeks to put technical, and unnecessary Obstacles in the way to protract and embarrass, a favorable, and final action upon cases.
I have a Number of times sent to your Dep t . Judge Russell's Certificate (without his clerk) in similar cases, and No Objection has been made to them until this time, and why this case has been singled out at this late period, when a final action has been anticipated for a long time, is to me a matter of No little surprise and regret —
I sent the Certificate of Judge Ira E. Smith of the Court of Probate for the District of Berlin, in the cases of Mrs. Steele & Mrs. Dickinson under the act of 1843, and the cases were allowed without any objection to the form of the certificate of the Judge.
This case has been in your Dep t . over 4 months & I shall confidently hope and expect that it will not undergo another turn; but that you will make a final disposition of it, without any further delay.
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm te of Pensions
I am very respectfully y r . Ob t Serv t BEN n COLTON

Hartford
Connecticut
May 23 rd 1843
Sir
I send you herewith the claim of the heirs of Thankful Hagg, late widow of Obijah Hagg, and hope you will give your early attention to it
I am very respectfully Y r Ob t Serv t Ben n Colton
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Washn. Jan'y 18/44
Hon. Th. H. Seymour
Enc. letter of Reij r .
Colton, complaining of delay of some previous in acting on claim of heirs of Thankful Dagg.
Y 373. See Jan'y 18/44 to P. Dagg's Offm
Cur.
Thankful Dagg ct
Hon. Th. H. Seymour H.O.R.

Washington June 13 1861
Hon J. M. Foster Sec of War
Sir
Permit me to call your attention to the communication herewith forwarded to you. It is from Mr Benjamin Colton of West Hartford Conn, a friend of mine. He is a man in whom I place great confidence as an agent for procuring pensions, and I hope the case which he submits to you may come under your consider- ation. The communication I have the honor to enclose to you I was requested to read and then submit it to the War Secretary.
And I have the honor to be very respectfully
Your obed
servt
Thos H. Seymour

3963 Abijah Hagg
11. 12. 14. 16.
Admitted 9 mo & 20 days $32.78
To Nathan Johnson Hartford, Conn.
Paid.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Abijah H. Hagg —  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Aff of the Clergyman
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
No
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Rec KATHERINE GAYLORD CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT. W
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the mil- itary record of Abijah Flagg whose name is on the list of Revolu- tionary Pensioners of Conn. , who

were living in 1840?
His age is given as 85-
Very truly yours (Mrs) Mary Fuller Martin Registrar
30 High St Bristol Conn Aug. 12-1908

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. ....
Certificate No. ....
Claimant .....
Soldier High Flagg Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. .... claim, State records ....., 190....
No claim, combination records ....., 190....
REMARKS:
No claim except Wid. # 17909